NYT Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on May 23 2026.

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Clues Across (31 total)

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They might be settled atop stools
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Shell, say
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Places to put fliers
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Surgical specialty, informally
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A boxer's might knock you out
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Substitute for "etc."
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Begrudges
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Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich.
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Jazz drummer DeRosa
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One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en"
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Daytime regulars
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What some prisoners earn, in brief
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Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits
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___ weekend
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Walk on water?
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Top that screams "Look at me!"
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Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making
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"Lovely!"
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Chess puzzle challenge, maybe
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Make do
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Many an epithet
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Common con game
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Petite ___ (certain French partner)
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Epithet lead-in
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Bit of back-and-forth
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Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism
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Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes
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Bygone leaders
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Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals
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Until, in Uruguay
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Destination for wagons, once
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Clues Down (31 total)

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No-goodniks
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Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed "the original side hustle," informally
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Ancient collection of Hindu hymns
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Pampers
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Handled something poorly, say
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Gets even with?
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Tac preceder
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At least one
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Substance that undergoes change, as in a lab
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Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage
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Bosses (around)
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Gads about
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Figurative ability to withstand almost anything
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Canal blocker?
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Milky and iridescent
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Lizard predator of Africa
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Close call
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Swedish American model Porizkova
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Edward who wrote and illustrated "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
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Foam designs, perhaps
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Berth places
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19th-century German novelist Theodor
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Stressors for some H.S. seniors
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Accessory on a pub counter
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Brunch beverage
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Standard 1L course, informally
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Title for some fictional lords
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Sugar ___
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Choice for the undecided
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Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its website
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Little squirt
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